Quotes About Authority

Leaders can be wrong - but they can not be unclear.

I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.

I don't understand these national awards, because half of those who sit in judgement over Indian films do not... possess the competence to evaluate a film correctly.

I refused to be a fool dancing on a string held by all of those big shots. I don't apologise, that's my life

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic.

Leadership is an action, not a position.

Nobody controls me. I'm uncontrollable. The only one who can control me is me, and even that's barely possible.

Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through my conscious thoughts.

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.

I guess people think the taller you are the more dominant you have to be.

People naturally follow leaders stronger than themselves.

When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.

Money is not as good as power, but power is as good as money.

When someone asks if you're a god, you say YES!

You invaded Narnia. You have no more right leading than Miraz does. Peter Pevensie: You, him, your father! Narnia's better off without the lot of you!

When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.

In pop music, you say, 'You can do what you want to me.' Rock 'n' roll says, 'I'm gonna do what I want to you.'

Sir! Sir! I'm afraid your music is just too loud!

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

You can rebel against everything adults say. When I want to find out what the new music is, I find out what parents hate.

Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders.